Module: Fire Risk Analysis
(c) 2004 Victor Olaya
Menu: Simulation > Fire Spreading
Description
Fire risk analysis based on the BEHAVE fire modeling system supported by the U.S. Forest Service, Fire and Aviation Management. Find more information on BEHAVE at the Public Domain Software for the Wildland Fire Community at http://fire.org

Reference:
Andrews, P.L. (1986): BEHAVE: Fire Behavior Prediction and Fuel Modeling System - Burn Subsystem, Part 1. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service General, Technical Report INT-194.
Parameters
NameTypeIdentifierDescriptionConstraints
Input
DEM Grid (input)DEM
Fuel Model Grid (input)FUEL
Wind Speed Grid (input)WINDSPDWind Speed (m/s)
Wind Direction Grid (input)WINDDIRWind Direction (degrees clockwise from north)
Dead Fuel Moisture 1H Grid (input)M1H
Dead Fuel Moisture 10H Grid (input)M10H
Dead Fuel Moisture 100H Grid (input)M100H
Herbaceous Fuel Moisture Grid (input)MHERB
Wood Fuel Moisture Grid (input)MWOOD
Value (*)Grid (optional input)VALUE
Base Probability (*)Grid (optional input)BASEPROB
Output
DangerGrid (output)DANGER
Compound ProbabilityGrid (output)COMPPROB
Priority IndexGrid (output)PRIORITY
Options
Number of EventsIntegerMONTECARLONĂºmero of Monte-Carlo eventsMinimum: 1.000000
Fire LengthFloating pointINTERVALFire Length (min)Minimum: 1.000000
(*) optional